The U.S. Congress and President Trump are testing whether there are any limits to debt-financed fiscal policy. Already running a $1 trillion deficit, Congress has tripled the deficit with three bills to combat the health and economic effects of the novel coronavirus. The first bill — H.R. 6074 — Coronavirus…
It does not minimize the staggering toll of what we are experiencing to point out that America in 2020 is in some key ways a better place than it was a generation or two ago.
People who comply with government stay-at-home orders don't want to end up looking at the wrong end of a gun.
The draconian response to COVID-19 has imposed grave consequences on North Carolinians. They won’t shelter in place for months. They can’t.
On St. Patrick’s Day, Gov. Roy Cooper issued an executive order, and the biggest item in the order was shutting down all bars and sit-down rsestaurants effective 5 p.m. that same day. It limited the sale of food and beverages throughout the state to “carry-out, drive-through, and delivery only.”…
Just a few weeks ago, the term social distancing hadn’t entered our lexicon. The Angus Barn was my new favorite restaurant. I enjoyed my investment statements, and my biggest concern for the baseball season was whether the Colorado Rockies would trade Nolan Arenado. Now? Social distancing dominates…
If state leaders dip too far into savings now, they may be forced in the not-too-distant future to lay off public employees, cut back precipitously, and raise taxes.
Gov. Roy Cooper's decision to ignore the Council of State's input hurts our system of constitutional government.
During emergencies, government plays an indispensable role — and that role can certainly include swinging the hammer of more regulation. But not every problem is a nail.
I’ve written volumes over the past few years about the way North Carolina controls distilled spirits. There’s little need to recount the many problems here, other than to say the coronavirus and the ensuing consumer panic has exposed the N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control system for…
